The VCR, just a daily apparatus


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   Almost everyone has one at home…, most people don’t know the capabilities of the thing, except how to insert that piece of tape-in-plastic into the thing and how to record or play (ok, I admit that should be enough). The videorecorder isn’t yet gone, but in the countries where the broadband infrastructure and digital equipment is growing and growing, it wouldn’t surprise me if the old fashioned VCR (based on tape) will disappear. I found a site which gives a nice overview from the first videorecorder from around WW2 — which had tapes running at 150 kilometres per hour (!) — till the most recent models. I didn’t like history at school that much (although when tripping in Scandinavia along some castles etc., I found the history of Denmark and Sweden very interesting) but the history of VCR’s should really be taught at school 😉